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The Egyptian army said on Wednesday that its forces have killed 88 militants in central and North Sinai during recent military operations. As a continuation of an earlier campaign which started in September 2015, the army announced that it will begin the third phase of the operation entitled Martyr’s Right. …
Read More »Mali: CMA convinced of need for mobilization to meet security challenges
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) stressed Tuesday in Algiers that “it is convinced” of the need for the mobilization of all Malian parties to ensure a better response to human needs and meet security challenges so as to improve the situation in Mali.
Read More »Kenya military clash with al-Shabaab extremists
Kenyan troops in Somalia may have killed 21 suspected al-Shabaab extremists who were plotting an ambush in southern Somalia, said a Kenyan official. A lone gunman shot at the Kenyan troops on Tuesday and fled while the troops were on the way to Tabda in southern Somalia, military spokesperson Colonel …
Read More »UN ends sanctions on Liberia
The last remaining United Nations sanctions on Liberia were lifted on Wednesday in a decision the United States said was a tangible sign of how far the West African country had come. The UN Security Council voted unanimously to lift an arms embargo on rebel groups that was imposed 13 …
Read More »UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack on blue helmets in Mali
The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday’s deadly terrorist attack on UN peacekeepers in north Mali and reiterated that “any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable.” “The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 18 May 2016 against a convoy …
Read More »AU urges international police force for Burundi
An African Union human rights report called on Friday for an international police force and more military and rights observers to be sent to troubled Burundi. The AU rights investigators said it was “necessary that, apart from strengthening AU human rights monitors and military observers, an international police mission is …
Read More »Burundi peace talks resume without opposition
Peace talks aimed at solving Burundi’s year-long crisis resumed on Saturday in Tanzania, but with the opposition barred from the meeting, there was little hope it would help strike a deal. The talks in the northern town of Arusha brought together Burundian government officials, diplomats and civil society representatives.
Read More »UN chief appoints new head of UN mission in South Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki of Kenya as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). Lieutenant General Ondieki will replace Lieutenant General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia, who will complete his …
Read More »S.Sudan agrees on release of prisoners of war
South Sudan’s transitional government has agreed on the release of prisoners of war from both sides of the more than two-year conflict, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said. Lueth announced the decision to reporters in the capital, Juba, on Friday, without specifying when the releases will take place nor the …
Read More »China sends 195 peacekeeping troops to Mali
A 195-strong peacekeeping force left Changchun, capital of China’s Jilin Province, on Wednesday for a United Nations mission in Mali. The team is part of China’s fourth peacekeeping group consisting of 395 people to the country. The rest will arrive by May 26 to relieve the third group. The troops …
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